Kenneth Rijock

Monday, June 24, 2013

COMBAT IN SIDON MEANS TROUBLE FOR COUNTRY RISK IN LEBANON

Battle between followers of a Sunni anti-Hezbollah cleric, and the armed forces of Lebanon, in Sidon this week, threatens to drown Lebanon in the mire of the Syrian Civil War. Thus far, only Tripoli has seen widespread violence, but now Sidon could represent a slide into chaos.

Watch Country Risk for Lebanon carefully this week; a failure of the Lebanese Army to control Sidon could send Lebanon back into the abyss.